Assessment of Stress Experienced by Agricultural Input Agent's Dealers

Agricultural sector contributes significantly to sustainable economic development of the country. The sustainable agriculture development of any country depends upon the judicious mix of their available natural resources. Therefore if agriculture goes wrong, it will be really bad for the economy as the falling of agricultural growth not only affects employment but GDP too. India is in process of transforming its agricultural extension and technology transfer systems to become more demand-driven and responsive to farmers’ needs. There is need to develop skill and knowledge on scientific agriculture. Its wide extension system could be visualized through these facts India has second largest extension system in the world in terms of professional and technical staff. The main objectives of the study is: Know the profile of agricultural input agents and stress experienced. The investigator selected two districts in Tamil Nadu, namely Districts are Coimbatore and Erode, in Coimbatore district Coimbatore and Erode district, sathayamangalam block was choose for the research with 40 sample. Data was collected through questionnaire tools. The findings of the study Cent percent of agricultural input agents had bank account, forty percent of them having account in state bank. Eighty percent had saving account and forty three percent having account for business transaction. Seventy five percent were facing stress. Forty percent of them facing occupational stress, whereas thirteen percent agricultural input agents facing stress because of no customers. Seventy five percent of agricultural input agents agree that they used to talk with customers. Followed by input agents agree that they have good manner. Twelve percent input agents agree that they are not satisfied with their works.